#AEA52A#AEA52A

#AEA52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.137 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA52A
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -10.55, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 61.30, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0356 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.137 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3300, 36.0773, 7.5034)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA52A #2A33AE

analogous

#AE632A #AEA52A #75AE2A

triadic

#AEA52A #2AAEA5 #A52AAE

tetradic

#AEA52A #2AAE63 #2A33AE #AE2A75

square

#AEA52A #2AAE63 #2A33AE #AE2A75

split-complementary

#AEA52A #2A75AE #632AAE

monochromatic

#4B4812 #7D761E #AEA52A #D2C843 #DED675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#AEA52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA52A

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA52A	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.137 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf6e',
    500: '#aea52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea52a;
$custom-light: #cabf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70827,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA52A

secondary

#6F75C5

accent

#4FE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA52A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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